Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse – Gloucester

Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse - Gloucester

Our client has a job vacancy for a Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse to work in Gloucester. This vacancy has an initial 3 month contract and the pay rate for this role is 23-26 per hour (limited company worker).

Duties:
* Being responsible as the Care Coordinator for the assessment and coordination of care needs, planning and implementation of evidence based care to a defined group of service users and their carers within a defined catchment area/locality.
* Providing professional advice and support to other agencies and members of the multidisciplinary team, and act up for the Team Manager in there absence as appropriate.
* Acting as a role model and resource for junior/less experienced staff.
* Taking responsibility for the assessment planning implementation and evaluation of nursing care within agreed parameters, and have a working knowledge of local, national policies and legislation, which govern current service provision and audit.
* Being responsible for the assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of the evidence based care required, including health promotion for a named service user/group.
* Taking responsibility for coordinating the care and assessment under the Care Programme Approach of a designated caseload.
* Being responsible for the promotion of carer and service user involvement within the service and for its provision.
* Taking responsibility for establishing therapeutic relationships with service users, and the implementation of evidence based therapeutic interventions with appropriate boundaries in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Councils professional code of conduct.
* Being responsible for ensuring that carers assessments, education and support is delivered in accordance with the requirements of the NSF.

Requirement:
* All applicants must be a Registered Mental Health Nurse (part 3 or 13) with a valid NMC registration.
* Applicants must have at least 2 years recent post registration experience working within mental health.
* Understanding by the post holder of their responsibilities under the Mental Health Act 1983.
* Understanding by the post holder of their responsibilities under the Care programme Approach, Clinical Governance, Risk Assessment and Child Protection Legislationif you are interested in this position please click below to apply now.

What you can expect from Sanctuary Mental Health:
* Support from a dedicated consultant with extensive mental health/learning disabilities experience
* Choice of a variety of positions throughout the UK within many specialism's
* Excellent rates of pay
* Automatic job alerts tailored to your requirements and experience
* PAYE or LTD company payments
* Excellent Referral Scheme - 250 for each successfully placed referral

Sanctuary Mental Health dedicate themselves to delivering Registered Mental Health Nurses, Community Psychiatric Nurses, Registered Learning Disability Nurses, Social Workers, Advanced Mental Health Practitioners, Mental Health Practitioners, Care Coordinators and Mental Health Occupational Therapists.

About Sanctuary:
* Preferred supplier to 180 local authorities and organisations such as the NHS, Social Services and Private Hospitals.
* We have our own DBS (formerly CRB) umbrella body, including faster online DBS applications
* Double winners of the 2012 national Recruiter Awards for Excellence in the 'Best Public Sector Recruitment Agency' and 'Best Client Service' categories
* Six-time winners of the Archant Recruitment awards